Buddy Guy net worth

Net Worth: $300 Thousand

About Buddy Guy

It has been claimed that the overall amount of Buddy Guy net worth reaches 300 thousand dollars, according to the current calculations. Buddy Guy has made his name famous through his career in blues music, where besides being a singer, Buddy Guy is also a guitar player. Buddy Guy is regarded as one of the most talented blues guitarists and he has influenced many other artists, such as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Page, John Mayer and Jeff Beck. In the 60s, Buddy Guy made his name famous when he joined Muddy Waters. With him, he was playing as a house guitarist and the group was signed to Chess Records. He also worked closely with Junior Wells, who is a harmonica player. Thus, this mentioned work of his has also added up a lot to the overall estimate of Buddy Guy net worth.
Rolling Stone named Buddy Guy as the 30th person in the list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In addition to that, the Rolling Stone also named his song “Stone Crazy” as the 78th Greatest Guitar Song of All Time. Buddy Guy has also received nods from music critics and musicians themselves.

For example, Eric Clapton named his as the best guitar player in the world.
In 2012, he debuted as a writer when he published his autobiographical book called “When I Left Home: My Story”. The sales of this book have also increased the overall size of Buddy Guy net worth.
The musician was born in 1936 in Louisiana. Buddy Guy learnt how to play a guitar on the one he made by himself. Later, he was playing on a Harmony acoustic guitar, which was given to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In the 50s, Buddy Guy considered music as his main work and appeared with some bands in Baton Rouge. In order to support this hobby, Buddy Guy was working as a custodian at Louisiana State University.
In 1957, when he moved to Chicago, Buddy Guy was influenced a lot by Muddy Waters with whom he started to work really closely. He was signed to Chess record label but this label managed to release only one album of his called “Left My Blues in San Francisco”. His most recent record label to which he has been signed is RCA Records. In 2013 he released one of his latest albums called “Rhythm and Blues” and sales of it also added up to the overall sum of Buddy Guy net worth.